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2013, Media, National Leader
Adapting to a New Media Environment
Prominent LGBT and progressive communications experts share ideas for capitalizing on the new media landscape and strategizing on how to best counter our opponents in an era where misinformation is an oft-used tool to advance discrimination and anyone with an Internet connection can be an ...
2013, Donor
OutGiving 2013
The impact of OutGiving and how it's enabled LGBT donors across the nation to work together to make a significant impact.
2011, Donor
Jamie Marks: Family
There was a time when Jamie Marks didn’t see much further beyond HIV/AIDS. Like so many other gay men, he believed this disease was likely in his future. That wasn’t the case, and today Jamie no longer fears death but shares his joy of life ...
2013, National Leader
Amy Simon, Chad Griffin, Evan Wolfson, and Lee Swislow: The Marriage Moment
The extraordinary movement forward in the fight for marriage equality cannot be overstated, and, as a result, the expert opinion of this equally extraordinary panel is the best way to deconstruct recent victories, our lessons learned, and next steps. Featuring panelists: Chad Griffin, Human Rights ...
2015, Business Leader, State Leader
The Texas Moment
Texas is the second largest state in the nation, but it provides no protections from discrimination for LGBT Texans. Now is time to secure equal treatment in the Lone Star State.
2013, Donor, National Leader
Kate Kendall, Maya Harris, and Tim Sweeney: America's Challenges are LGBT Challenges, Part 1
Assessing LGBT issues through a prism of defining national challenges helps to illuminate the unique ways in which "American" issues impact LGBT people and vice versa. This sobering look at the challenges faced by the most vulnerable among us also showcases donors who have been ...
2013, National Leader
Mary Kay Henry, Rashad Robinson, Sandra Fluke, and Tim Sweeney: A Moment for America
Against the backdrop of a national landscape being shaped by deepening coalitions, five national leaders will examine the unprecedented dynamic that has brought exciting new meaning to the phrase "We the People..." Featuring panelists: Tim Sweeney, Gill Foundation Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union ...
2011, Business Leader
James Rucker: Incubating Social Change
James is a co-founder of Citizen Engagement Lab, an incubator for new media organizing that focuses on marginalized and underrepresented communities. Learn what it takes to create an organizing movement by breaking down organizational and personal silos.
2015, National Leader
Mary Bonauto & Robbie Kaplan on the Supreme Court
Mary Bonauto and Robbie Kaplan will be remembered as the two brilliant legal minds who took our fight for marriage equality to the highest Court in the land. They joined us at OutGiving to share their incredible work, which bookends a defining decade in the ...
2011, Business Leader, National Leader
Jarrett Barrios and Thomas Gensemer: The Scoop on It Gets Better
Thomas works on the “new media” side of communications while Jarrett operates on the “traditional media” side. But when the two were brought together on the “It Gets Better” campaign, it was like a whole new world opened up for both of them. Learn how ...
2015, National Leader
Jennifer Butler on Religious Exemptions
In combating religious exemptions, we may overlook the need to gather support from religious communities. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life, discusses the significance of involving and deploying religious voices when we are faced with these assaults in the states.
2011, Entertainer
Sarah Jones: Sarah Jones as Bella
Sarah Jones is a hilariously poignant Tony Award winning playwright and performer. This year she brought six guests to share their insights on what it means to be LGBT in today’s world. One guest is Bella, a young, overly enthusiastic, narcissistic, socially connected feminist who ...
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